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THE ASHBURN ADVANCE Vill,. VIII. DEFEATED, DULLER RETIRES Mis Attempt to Rescue Ladysmith Proved to Be a Dismal Failure. CAPTURED KOPJE GIVEN UP Boers Were On Both Flanks and Position Was Hade Impos¬ sible to Hold. London accepts as true the Boer statement that General Buller has once again failed to succor the be- leagured inhabitants of Ladysmith. These statements were passed by the British censor at Aden and are read in the light of Mr. Balfour’s announce¬ ment in the commons that General Buller is not pressing his advance. Mr. Winston Churchill wires that Vaalkrantz was impracticable, for the guns which were needed to support a further advance. His cablegram leaves General Buller on Tuesday night send¬ ing a fresh brigade to relieve the tired soldiers of Vaalkrantz. The descriptive writers with Gen¬ eral Buller were allowed a rather free hand again iu explaining the ugly po¬ sition which the British held and the natural obstacles which had to be overcome. So it is easier to infer that with Boer riflemen and artillery de¬ fending them, these hills, ravines and jungles have not been overcome and thus the public is prepared iu advance for bad news. Heliograms from Ladysmith dated Monday describe the effect General Buller’s cannonade had on the worn garrison. Hope ran high that the long period of inactivity and tedium was drawing to a close. The crash of guns was almost continuous for ten hours and at times it seemed as though as many as twenty shells burst in a min¬ ute. BRITONS WERE OUTFLANKED. A dispatch dated Frere Camp Feb. 8, probably written with the advanced lines, says: “The forces of the enemy our on both our flanks and continue to render our position extremely difficult to main¬ tain.” This makes evident that General Buller after devoting Wednesday to bringing more artillery and troops across the Tugela, was badly in need of re-enforcements. It is more patent that it is impossible for him to advance until the artillery has beeu enabled to take up forward positions for tbe pur¬ pose of subduing tbe Boer guns on both flanks. Almost all the critics now point out that the mere pushing through to Ladysmith without securing a decisive victory on the way there would only add danger to what is already a criti¬ cal situation. Another Frere camp dispatch says a Boer prisoner asserts that the burgh¬ ers expected General Buller to cross at Skiets drift and that thousands of Boers were being posted at Doom kloof to oppose such a passage, while on the captured hill there were only a few hundred Johannesburghers. This tends to increase the anxiety of those who believe that General Buller has scarcely begun tbe serious part of his advance. RETIRE FROM KOPJE. The British who were in possession of tbe kopje at Molons drift abandoned it after a bombardment by Boer can¬ non Thursday morning and retired across the Tugela river to their former position. ___ JEFFRIES AND CORBETT. Will Meet Before National Atletliic Club In San Francisco. Tho twenty-five round battle be¬ tween James J. Corbett and James J. Jeffries for the world’s heavyweight championship will take place before the National Athletic club of San Francisco on or about April 1 next, William A. Brady aud George Con- sidine, the respective managers of the two principals, met in New York for the purpose of selecting a location for a battle ground, and after a brief con¬ ference, decided to accept the offer of the Calforinia organization, which is 75 per cent of the gross receipts. FREE COINAGE SUBSTITUTE To Financial Bill la Introduced By Sena¬ tor Jonea. Senator Jones, of Arkansas, has in¬ troduced a free silver coinage substi- tute for the pending currency bill. The substitute provides that “from and after the passage of this act the mints of the United States shall be open to the coinage of silver and there shall be coined dollars of the weight of 412$ grains, troy, of standard silver 9-10 fine as provided by the act January 18, 1837, and upon the same terms and subject to the limitations and provisions of law regulating the coinage and legal tender qualitv of gold.” Official Organ of Worth County. Orders for Job Printing Civen Prompt Attention. FUNERAL OF GEN. LAWTON. Remains of Ideal American Sol¬ dier Laid to Rest In Arlington Cemetery. A Washington special says: Major Henry W. Lawton was buried Friday iu the National cemetery at Arlington The services at the grave were pre¬ ceded by those at the Church of the Covenent in tho city, where President H. M. Stryker, of Hamilton college, delivered a funeral oration that has seldom been equaled in beauty of ex¬ pression, nOr could it li8ve been in more perfect accord with the spirit of the solemn occasion that called it forth. Never in the history of the capital has there been a more representative gathering of the nation’s official life to pay a last tribute to the nation’s hon¬ ored dead. No mark of military pomp and ceremony. that the regulations could provide was wanting to render the occasion solemn and impressive. Nearly all the available troops of the regular military remaining in this country were called out. Three thou¬ sand men, infantry, cavalry and artil¬ lery, followed the flag-draped caisson to the grave. Lawtou was to the people the ideal American soldier whose exploits in three wars made his name a household word and who being a soldier, first and only, died in the line of duty, leaving nothing to his children but the herit¬ age of an honored name. It was in tribute to this soldier’s ideal that American generosity for weeks past had swelled the “Lawton Fund” beyond all expectations of its originators, and in further tribute Fri¬ day that the great ourpouring of peo¬ ple filled the streets long before the hour when the services at the Church of the Covenant were to commence. But mere official formula} were dwarfed beside the deep popular demon¬ stration that the burial of the dead sol¬ dier called forth. Every department of the government paid its official tribute. Flags hung at half mast. The president aud his cabinet, rep¬ resentatives of the supreme court, of the house and senate, and of the army and navy, all combined to fill the darkened church to its utmost. But these official representatives of the people were lost in the great crowds that surrounded the church and lined the streets along which the procession passed. President McKinley was among the early comers, accompanied by the secretary of war. They came to the church with Adjutant General Corbin, who, assisted by Colonel John Bing- ham, had charge of the official arrange- meats. The secretary of the navy, the secretary of the interior, the at- torney general and secretary of agri- culture were also there. The supreme court was represented by Chief Justice Fuller and several of the associate justices. Admiral Dewey was absent from Washington, but was represented by Captain A. S. Barker. Ex-Secretary Alger was also present by proxy, having sent from Michigan Mr. Victor Mason, his secretary while iu the war department, who brought a great wreath of flowers for the already overladen casket. The Presbyterian burial service was read by Rev. Hamlin, pastor of the church, and President Stryker then arose to deliver the oration. After the oration the casket, light- ened of part of its burden of flowers, was lifted to the shoulders of troopers borne down the aisle to the street past the great crowd outside and raised to the caisson waiting ° at the door The waiting ranks of the cavalry moved forward and closed about it as a guard of honor and formed into line. Then with a rumble of wheels and a clash of trace chains, field and siege batteries joined the procession, the hero of three wars moved on his last march to his Anal resting place on JomJc tt- glnm • - * i ai. PARTIAL CONFESSION MADE. Prisoner Throwa Some Light on the As* aaaainatlon of Goebel. Two men suspected of complicity in 4he murder of Governor Goebel were arrested in a boarding house at F rank- Iriday. Their names are Silas Jones, of Whitley county, and Gotta- chalk, of Nelsoa county. The authorities expect to obtain _ im- portant evidence from Jones, who has already made a partial confession. He declares that he personally knows nothing of the crime, but says that Harlan Whittaker, who was arrested immediately after the shooting knows a great deal about the crime. ASHBURN, GA.. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 17. 1!)»». A VIGOROUS PLATFORM Adopted By the Anti-Trust League At Conference Held In Chicago. After a heated debate Thursday night the resolution committee of the anti-trust conference, in session at Chicago, decided to report iu favor of government ownership of railroads and for their seizure on payment of actual value without payment for “watered stock or other fictitious values." The committee also unanimously favored direct popular legislation as a means of obtaining the result. President Lockwood, of the anti¬ trust league, said that ho regretted that William J. Bryan’s name was mentioned iu tho discussions and de¬ clared it was his intention to keep politics out of the conference. The platform unanimously adopted by the committee declares for govern¬ ment ownership of all public utilities and natural monopolies, government money, the referendum and direct leg¬ islation and the withdrawal of all pro¬ tective tariffs from all articles con¬ trolled by a trust. Among other things, after urging the organization to de¬ prive trusts of their power, it says: We make no assault upon business combination, for diminishing produc¬ tive cost or augmenting productive effi¬ ciency. What we do ask is combina¬ tions for coercing producers and les¬ sening production. It is such combi¬ nations that constitute the trnst evil and they we would abolish, root and branch. When oppressive trusts are exam¬ ined they are found to be combina¬ tions not for augmenting wealth, but for hampering its production; not for making things plentiful aud cheap, but for muking them scarce and dear. Their strength lies in a more intense concentration of monopoly privileges. Tho platform particularly attacks the Standard Oil trust to which it says monopoly engendering laws have com¬ mitted the regulation of tho peoples’ needs and rights in one department of industry. “Their needs aud rights in another have been by similar laws committed to the beef trust.” A num¬ ber of set speeches were heard at the morning and afternoon sessions of the conference. The night session was in the form of a mass meeting, which whs held in the Auditorium and brought out some of the strongest speakers among the del¬ egates, including John P. Altgeld, F. S. Monnett, Kamuel M. Jones, John S. Crosby, George Fred Williams and Tom L. Johnson. Resolutions introduced by Judge Fleming, of Kentucky, were adopted by a rising vote, strongly condemning the currency bill before congress. A committee to prepare a memorial to the United States senate against tho bill was provided for and the people of tho country urged to gather at court houses, ichool houses and other pub¬ lic places to protest against the meas¬ ure. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. List of New Industrie* E*t»i,ilsh«d Dur¬ ,„ e tho Pait week, Amon . 8 the new lndustne . . . . * re P° rted . , the past week, the more important are an acetylene gas company and au au- tomobile manufactory in Virginia; brick works - n Tenne8Bee ; bridge works Alabama; ., , factory . . . -. North T »“ a canning in Caro^lina; coal mines in Arkansas and West Virginia; a cotton gin menu ac- tory in Texas; cotton mills in Arkan- 8a8 ’ Georgia, Kentucky, North Caro- h” a > Boutli Carolina, Iennessee, a ? otto u 8eed o* 1 mill in North Carolina; ‘7° elec , t rlc h « ht P laot8 >“ T ? xas : an electrical supply company in lennes- 8ee ! an electric switching device nianu- factory in Kentucky engine works in Virginia; “ ,l 8 1,1 «f°rgia i tud South Carolina; foundry and machine «^op in Texas; wo furniture factories >“ ?or h Carohna; ice factories in Kentucky, North Carohna, Tennessee, £ exa8 -', and ,rr !* aUo “^mpany in Texas; lumber mills in Flor,da Geor- gia, North Carohna, Tennessee, Texas; Virginia; a natural gas and oil corn- ^7 ‘. n ^ eBt P^spiiate “ 1DeS *? Tennessee; a planing mill in Mississippi; a shipbuilding and dry dock company in Virginia; stave fac- tory m Georgia and Tennessee; tele- companies ,n North Carohna aI ? ennessee, a ve iee fS 7 , Virginia.— . Alabama; zinc mines in Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn). RIOTS AT MARTINIQUE. White Resldenta of Fort De France Ap¬ peal to Island Governor. Advices from Fort de France, Island 0 j M ar timque, state that the white in- habitants of La Francois, being threat- e ned with death by rioting strikers, have sought refuge in Fort de France, the governor having declared it irnpos- B ihi e $o guarantee their lives, The mana g er8 Q f the plantations are requesting permission to organize f orce8 G f military for the purpose of protecting the persons who are kept work, but the governor will not ac- ce p$ the responsibility of authorizing such a step. CARNEGIE MUST ANSWER FRICK Charges Are Brought Against Steel Magnate and Philanthropist. HE IS ACCUSED OF SCHEMING Business Partner Alleges He Wa5 Fraudulently Driven Out of the Firm-Suit In Equity Filed. A Pittsburg, I’a., dispatch says: Henry Clay Frick filed a bill iu equity Tuesday iu the court of common pleas No. 1 of Allegheny county against Andrew Caruegie and tho Car¬ negie Steel Company, limited, pray¬ ing first, for a decree that the pre¬ tended transfer of his interests in tho company was and is null and void, nnd that he is the owner of nil such interest and is entitled in every law¬ ful way to represent nnd act for tho same; for an injunction restraining the defendants from any interference with his interest iu the said company and from excluding him from partici¬ pation in the care and management of the assets and business. The bill iu equity is quite lengthy and as summarized by Willis Cook, Esq., counsel for Mr. Frick, is as fol¬ lows: In 1892 there were two limited part¬ nerships: (1) Called Carnegie Bros. & Co., limited, with a capital of $5,000,000, ivhich made steel rails and owned only the Edgar Thompson steel rail iu Braddock township, aud (2) Called Carnegie, Phipps & Co., limited, with a capital of $5,000,000, which made all kinds of steel plates, structural material, iron forging-,made the material and built bridges, made armor plates and made material for the same. Carnegie owned over 50 per cent of each of the old firms, and ho, with Frick, Phipps and others owning in¬ terests iu each, formed in 1892 what constituted a new partnership called tho Caruegie Steel Company, Limited. In this Carnegie retained over 50 per cent and now has 58$ per cent, while Frick has 6 per cent. Both old firms were merged into tho new, which had a capital of $25,000,- 000 and operated all the old works. This new firm was under the immedi¬ ate care and supervision of Frick, us chairman, from 1892 to December 5, 1899. It greatly enlarged thecapaoity of its different works, enlarged their output aud purchased other plants, ore mines, etc. THE ESTIMATES DIFFERED. Iu November, 1899, Carnegie esti¬ mated tlie net profits for 1900 at, $40,- 000,000 aud Frick then estimated them at $42,000,000. Carnegie valued the entire property at over $250,000,009 and avowed his ability, in ordinarily prosperous times, to sell the property on the London market for £100,000,000 sterling, or $500,000,000. Iu May, 1899, Carnogio actually re¬ ceived iu cash, and still keeps, $1,170,- 000 given him as a mere bonus for his ninety days’ option to sell his 58$ per cent interest in this steol company for $157,950,000. Frick’s 0 per cent on that basis would be worth $10,238,000. Frick now alleges, right at the head of this enormously Successful business, whereby at least in part he made for Carnegie three enormous profits and values, that Carnegie suddenly, and with malevolent intent toward him, on December 4, 1899, arbitrarily de¬ manded of him his resiguition as chairman, and this without any reason except to gratify Carnegie’s malice. Frick, in the interest of harmony, gave his resignation and subsequently, on January 11, 1900, after Carnegie had thus deprived him of his office, he (Carnegie) demanded of Frick that he (Frick) should sell to the firm his in¬ terest in it at a figure which would amount to less than one-half of what this interest is fairly worth. Frick refused to sell at that price, but offerod to sell and allow three men to value the interest sold. Carne¬ gie refused this and left Frick, threat¬ ening him for not yielding to his de¬ mand. FRADULENT SCHEME CHARGED. Frick now alleges that after his res¬ ignation and at tho time of this last interview, Carnegie was fraudulently and secretly, without Frick’s knowl¬ edge or consent, attempting to carry out a scheme, which, if successful, would enable Carnegie, as Carnegie hoped, to confiscate Frick’s interest in the firm at probably not over 33 per cent of its real value; that is, say, not over $6,000,000 for what, on the basis of Carnegie’s option, was worth $16,- 288,000. did All this, it is alleged, Carnegie secretly, and purposely to conceal the knowledge thereof from Frick. WOLCOTT GIVES WARNING. Senator Says the Abandonment oi Bimetallism Would Be Fatal To Republicans. The dual week’s discussion of the ponding financial hill was begun in the senate Monday. Tho speakers were two Republicans, Mr. Elkins, of West Virginia, and Mr. Wolcott, of Colorado, and one Populist, Mr. But- ler, of North Carolina. Mr. Elkins advocated the passage of the pending senate measure in a brief but forceful argument. Mr. Wolcott, chairman of the international bimetal¬ lic commission of 181>7, spokofor many Republicans who adhere to bimetal¬ lism and his speech, earnest and elo¬ quent, was roeeived with unusual at¬ tention. Mr. Buller advocated the adoption of his amendment providing for an issue of paper curroucy by the government. A house hill for tho preservation of the frigate constitution was paused, tho measure providing that the ship should he restored as nearly us possi¬ ble to its original condition. The following bills on tho general calendar were passed: To construct a road to tho national cemetery at Dover, Tonn., at a eost of 811,500; to carry into effect two reso¬ lutions of the continental congress to be erected to tho memory of Gen¬ eral Francis Nash and William L. Da¬ vidson, of North Carolina, appropriat¬ ing $1,000 for each; to euoourago en¬ listments in the navy by providing successful applicants with an outfit valued at 845; to authorize ITou. A. S. Handy, nt present minister of the United States to Greece, Uoumauia and Serviu, to accept the decoration tendered him by tlie shah of Persia; to authorize the following naval offi¬ cers to accept orders and decorations tendered them by the government of Venezuela—Rear Admiral W. T.Samp¬ son, Captain H. O. Taylor, Captain F. A. Cook, Captain C. D. Sigsbeo, Cup- lain F. E. Chadwick, Captain C. F. Goodrich, Commander W. W. Mead, Commander M. J. II. Dayton, Com¬ mander F. M. Symonds and Comman¬ der C. 0. Tood. BEFORE JUDGE TAFT. Application For Injunction of Kentucky Flection CninmlMftioncrH !m Heard. In the United States circuit court of appeals at Cincinnati, Monday after¬ noon, Judge W. H. Taft heard argu¬ ments for over three hours on the ap¬ plications for injunctions against the Kentucky stnle board of election com¬ missioners and the contestants for tho state officers other than governor and lieutenant governor. The large courtroom was unable to hold all who came to the federal build¬ ing for admission. Very many of the visitors wore from the Kentucky side. The plaintiffs wore represented by Bradley, Wilson, Sweeney nnd Yost, all of Kentucky. The defendants were represented by Scott, Hendrick,linger and Maxwell, the latter being a mem¬ ber of tho bar of Cincinnati and tho others of Kentucky. After the conclusion of I lie argu¬ ments, Judge Taft advised counsel that he would announce his decision so far as tho court having jurisdiction in the eases concerned at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. A T ULUGH AM FKOMBU l-LUR. Gonorul Notifies Field ATnmliitl ltobertfi of HU lia<l Plight. The war oflico at London has re¬ ceived the following dispatch from Field Marshal Lord Roberts, dated from the Modder river, Sunday, Feb¬ ruary 11th: “I have received a telegram from Buller as follows, dated Friday, Feb¬ ruary 9: ( i ‘It was necessary after seizing Vaal Krantz to entrench it rs the pivot of further operations. But I found after trying two days, that owing to tho nature of the ground that this was impracticable. It was also exposed to fire of heavy guns in positions from which our artillery was dominated. It is essontial to troops advancing on Ladysmith by Harding or Monger’s drift 1o hold Vaal Krantz securely,and accordingly we are not pressing the advance by those roads, as I find we cannot muke it secure. » ii Ransom Holds Cotton. Ex-Senator M. W. Ransom, the big¬ gest cotton growing North Carolinian, is still holding 1,000 bales of the pres¬ ent crop. The rise has so far netted him about $5,000. OYER A MILLION LIABILITIES. Farnou* New York Stock Broker Flies Petition In Bankruptcy. A New York dispatch snys: Anthony W. Dirnock, twenty-five years ago a famous stock operator, head of the firm of A. W. Dimock & Co., bankers aud brokers, Wall street, filed a peti¬ tion in bankruptcy Baturduy. His liabilities are set down at $1,292,735; his assets $150. Russia Admits Coal Free. On the proposal of M. DeWitte, the minister of finance, the czar of Rus¬ sia has consented to the importation of coal, exclusively for the use of the Russian railways free of duty until September 1, next. NO. ‘IS. WARRANTS OUT FOR SOLONS Taylor Decides To Force Attend’ ance of a Quorum, BUT BECKHAM IS UNDAUNTED. Democratic Executive Declares He Will Protect His Contin¬ gent of Members. Tho tension under which tho Ken¬ tucky Republican state legislature at London has been laboring, especially during the past week, reached a crisis Friday, when tho following message from Governor Taylor was received by a member; “Have warrants issued for mem¬ bers of the house aud put iu the hands of sergeant - at - arms to serve.” Tho warrants wore made ont lato in I ho day and given to Eergeant-at-Arnis Cecil of tho house. A form of war¬ rant for absent senators was also made out, but it was decided to withhold tho issuance of warrants from tho senate until Saturday, so that Lieu¬ tenant Governor Marshall could at¬ tach his signature. The rigid secrecy that characterized Thursday’s proceedings was maintain¬ ed, hut it was very apparent despite all efforts to conceal it, thut all tho legislators were laboring under a fever of excitement. The message from Governor Taylor to issue the warrants was received just before the house convened Friday morning. Tho intelligence was pussed secretly to members, and an air of suppressed excitement became plainly visible. When the senators gathered in tho seuate chamber prior to the conven¬ ing, several members from the house joined them and were informed of Governor Taylor’s message. The se¬ crecy that has marked the proceedings of the executive sessions covered the names contained in tho warrants. A list of a number of members to be brought to London had beeu pre¬ pared, but whether warrants were issued for all of them could not be as¬ certained. Five detectives have ar¬ rived in London, and every effort has beeu made to keep their identity a secret. Two of them are in the town in the interest of the Democrats and threo for the Republicans. Tho effect of tho governor’s message was apparont. Senator Cox said: “Wo mean business. We will have u quorum in the home and a quorum in the senate. Wo will be in working ordor and ready to transact business by Monday. Further than that I have nothing to say.” tho house Late in the afternoon warrants were issued and the excite¬ ment quieted down with the sudden calmness that indicated an approaching storm. DEMOCRATS IN LOUISVILLE. The Democratic legislature met in Louisville Friday morning, having present in each house a quorum of the total membership. Governor Beck¬ ham made tho announcement that he is prepared to protect the legislature from arrest, and that he will do so. These developments marked the first steps toward carrying out the plans announced some days ago by the Democrats to set up a state gov¬ ernment in Louisville that have been taken since those plans were devel¬ oped by the peace government. Some commotion was caused among the legislators by reports from London aud Frankfort thut warrants were about to be sworn out for the arrest of euough Democratic members to make a quorum for the Republican legisla¬ ture now meeting at London. When told of this, Governor Beckham said: “No member of the legislature who comes to Louisville need fear arrest. I shall not allow any member of tho general assembly to be arrested.” When asked what measures would be adopted to prevent such arrests should they be attempted, Governor Beckham replied that he was fully prepared to protect tho legislature and to arrest uny person who inter¬ fered with its members. Further than this he would make no statement. It is known, that since the appoint¬ ment of General Castleman as adjutant general arrangements have been made to provide a defensive force ample for the safety of the Democratic state offi¬ cers. The legislative sessions were held in the court house, the senate meeting in the chancery courtroom, the house in the county courtroom. Twenty sena- tars—or more than a quorum—were present when Lieutenant Governor Carter called that body to order. Reg¬ ular business was taken up where it was dropped at Frankfort.